“Mom, there is no W in לא”

Haven’t had a chance to write since Thursday. 

We had a relaxing Shabbat here.  We had no company and it was kind of a nasty afternoon so we stayed in.  Talia went over to Robin’s house in the afternoon to ask Sammy if he wanted to play.  They are so cute.  We were joking that it would be considered their first date.  Ben hung out with us.  I woke up with a really stiff neck thinking it would go away but it’s taking its time.  I think it’s more of a pinched nerve in my back, which I do get from time to time, rather than a stiff neck.  All I know is that it is Monday and I will be playing tennis or not tonight whether I am in pain or not!!

After Shabbat Talia had a birthday party at 7pm!  I guess it wouldn’t be so crazy if there was no school on Sunday but since she goes to school and has to be up early on Sunday morning I was kind of annoyed about this party.  In the end she went and was home and in bed by 9 and she got up with no trouble the next morning.  So what did they do at the party?  They watched episodes of The Brady Bunch!!  So now Talia has a new favorite television show and Eric is downloading season 1 for her!!  She was impressed that we knew what it was and that we could sing the theme song to the show.

On Friday (just going back now for a second) I took Talia and Ben and Keren to the park and they each took a friend with them (well, not Keren, she just came alone) and Talia’s friend only spoke Hebrew.  I must have said something and Talia said to me that I was mispronouncing the word לא and that there is no W in that word!!  I have to say, it is quite hysterical when she corrects me like this.

So yesterday Eric got the kids to school and I slept in for a change.  It was rainy and cold here (middle of March!?!) and we stayed in the whole morning.  Actually, Eric had a meeting with the lawyers and with our landlord and we officially have a signed lease now!!  He even said we can go buy a faucet and have it put in and he’ll pay for it.  So we will have two working kitchen sinks!!  Of course that means that first we have to buy the thing and Eric want to buy it online.  Then we have to get the contractor to come and install it and we can’t even get him here to fix a leak in our ceiling.  So I am cautiously optimistic that we will have a kitchen sink the works sometime between this Pesach and next Pesach and I can’t really hope for more. 

In the afternoon when it cleared up we all went to the supermarket together.  My  neck was feeling a bit better and I needed to get out.  Family outing to Mega!!  We had a 50 shekel coupon that everyone was mailed last week that expired on Sunday so we had to get there.    When we came home Talia did some homework and then I had asked Eric to see if he could get the movie The Prince of Egypt for Ben and Talia because it is almost Pesach and it is Disney’s take on the story of Pesach.  So I watched the movie with the kids while Keren slept and Eric made his home made pesto sauce… yummmmm….. and then in the middle of the movie Talia went across the street to her friend’s house for another birthday party.

Eric took a course in the evening on starting your own business in Israel.  I think it was given through NBN and he thought it wouldn’t hurt to take it.  There are a few more sessions all on Sunday evenings.  So he left and I fed Ben and Keren and then had to go get Talia from the party because she never came home!!  It was 6:45 and it didn’t look like she was coming home any time soon even though the party was oficially over at 6!!  So I dragged her out of there and told her next time she should call me and tell me what’s going on.  That was a pain.

Anyway, today, Monday, it is nice and sunny outside.  I am happy because that means I’ll be able to play tennis tonight.  I was up this morning with Keren from 5-7.  I don’t know why she didn’t want to go back to sleep but I was afraid she was going to wake everyone up at 5 and since when I went down to get her I saw Ben was sleeping with his big light on, I really thought if he heard her he would just pop up and see his room all illuminated and that would be it for the day.  So I grabbed her and brought her into bed with me and we dozed for a bit.  Then at 7 when she woke up again I brought her down to Eric, who was busy with the kids and I went back to sleep until 10:30!!!!  So my neck is feeling a bit better now but I think that I am coming down with the cold that Eric has and I just want to make it through the day so I can play tennis tonight and then I can get sick.

I am going to start my day now and I’ll blog about today when I get home tonight if I am not too tired!